In a world of conformity, what makes you a unique individual?

I tend to rally against conformity...yet at the same time there are some aspects of it that are not so easy to shrug off...I am just me, just simply me...no false sense of feeling like I need to impress people...a good friend of mine commented to me once that I would probably "dress like a college kid" for the rest of my life(I'm 27)...and she's right! My most comfortable clothes are usually jeans and some wacky t-shirt...I try to find jobs where there is a loose dress code so I don't have to dress up; I've always felt uncomfortable in dress clothes...I don't think there is one particular thing that stands out as making me unique, it is just the combination of things that adds up to ME...I am who I am and I don't apologize for it.

I wasn't going to answer this at first, because I couldn't think of anything. But then, that bothered me, so I took some time to think about it. Sorry it's so long.

My political protesting and animal activism is something a lot of people in my life, and my town, look down upon. I think my constant need for information and education makes me unique in the sense that I refuse to wear the blinders our government hands out. I can't stand the majority of people due to their lack of desire in finding truth and the underlying motivations in reference to government, society, and religion.

Most people my age are out bar hopping and going to clubs (I'm 22, soon to be 23). I can't stand going to those places. It feels like when I'm there, I'm at the center of the decay of humanity. I'd rather being home reading a book or watching a docmentary or going to a rally.

I know there are other people like me, but I fear the number is becoming smaller and smaller.

Another thing in accordance to my age: I've dealt with an array of health problems, a few of which were very rare. Most of my problems have been resolved, but it still p*sses me off that my grandmother is more healthy than I am.

Also, I don't believe in god, and I currently live in the biblebelt, in a town where there's a baptist church every three feet. (I'm moving again soon).

Like many other people who want success and wealth out of life, I want freedom and true happiness. I want to be a drifter and travel cross country, selling the jewelery I make, or photos I take, or paintings I paint, and whatever else I can just to get enough money to move to the next town, see the next sight.

I march to the beat of my own drum -- as in regardless of what society, our parents, or religions tell us is the right thing to do, or the right way to act, or the right dreams/ambitions to have, I listen to my heart, and my mind and figure out what I want in life, how I can make a difference -- figure out my own path to happiness. I don't want the cornfed, carboncopy ideal of happiness, due to the fact that I've tried it, and it's not so appealing to me.

I know I'm unique, because nowhere feels like home to me. No matter where I go, I feel out of place. I feel like I'm not supposed to be there. Sometimes, when I'm in busy place, and I'm watching all the different people, I feel like I'm watching a bad rerun of a bad sitcom. Every place feels wrong, every place feels the same.

But, I have hope that someday I'll find a place that feels right. I have many more states to go to, then after that, there's the world.

I am a specific level and qualitatively original form of being. I am an individual social being. I coordinate, cooperate or collaborate with social reality as an individual social quality of reality. Not only am I subject to objective social reality I also subject objective social reality as a part of the whole sometimes more actively and sometimes less actively. What makes me unique is that I am an individual, the same as everyone else who also have their own unique personality to add to life.

By not conforming . Living where there is no TV reception . having a date port an no phone . Trying to live out side the boundaries of society .

What makes me unique is that I dont play into most social games. Turn on, Tune in, Drop out.

The extra i think of exterior the container, the extra I comprehend i don't comprehend very lots. have not you heard of the shift in understanding? there is going to be an strengthen in 'awakened' persons. with a bit of luck, extra human beings will attempt to come again out of the herd of sheep as you're able to positioned it.

My faith in GOD, the values/standards/moralls/values/ethics/respect taught me by my parents. The aforementioned being the guide by which I approach life and other people.

My ability to remain calm in the face of abusive people, often turning their combative/aggressive behavior into a smile.

Not being smart alec but my DNA & fingerprints.

I don't know... I look around and keep seeing the same thing in everyone. Maybe that's it, everyone thinks their unique for the most part and all I see is the same crap over and over. That's my super power... seeing mediocrity IN EVERYTHING!

Not sure how unique, but I try to do and say what I feel is right, even though it is not always to my advantage or in my best interests.

docfragile - what make me (and everyone else) unique are my INNER LIFE and my PERSONAL THOUGHTS. No matter how much I conform on the outside my thoughts and feelings are my own.